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RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE, MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION, TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION - Visitors look at artworks either side of the sculpture " "Not Dressed for Conquering / Haute Couture 04 Transport" by Ines Doujak and John Barker on the opening day of the controversial exhibition "The beast and the sovereign" at the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art (MACBA) on March 21, 2015 in Barcelona. Originany scheduled to be inaugurated on Wednesday March 18 museum director Bartomeu Mari initially cancelled the event motivated by the presence among the works of a sculpture depicting Juan Carlos, King of Spain for 39 years until his abdication in June, naked, on all fours and penetrated by the Bolivian union leader Domitila Barrios, she in turn sodomized by a German shepherd dog, on a bed of Nazi helmets. "The opinions expressed by many different sectors of society, from the world of art and culture to politics and the media, as well as international art professionals have made me reconsider the original decision not to inaugurate" , said Mari. AFP PHOTO/ LLUIS GENE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT " AFP PHOTO / LLUIS GENE " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo credit should read LLUIS GENE/AFP via Getty Images)
RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE, MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION, TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION - Visitors look at artworks either side of the sculpture " "Not Dressed for Conquering / Haute Couture 04 Transport" by Ines Doujak and John Barker on the opening day of the controversial exhibition "The beast and the sovereign" at the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art (MACBA) on March 21, 2015 in Barcelona. Originany scheduled to be inaugurated on Wednesday March 18 museum director Bartomeu Mari initially cancelled the event motivated by the presence among the works of a sculpture depicting Juan Carlos, King of Spain for 39 years until his abdication in June, naked, on all fours and penetrated by the Bolivian union leader Domitila Barrios, she in turn sodomized by a German shepherd dog, on a bed of Nazi helmets. "The opinions expressed by many different sectors of society, from the world of art and culture to politics and the media, as well as international art professionals have made me reconsider the original decision not to inaugurate" , said Mari. AFP PHOTO/ LLUIS GENE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT " AFP PHOTO / LLUIS GENE " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo credit should read LLUIS GENE/AFP via Getty Images)
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